A USB stick containing sensitive security files for the Heathrow airport was found on a London street and handed over to The Sunday Mirror. According to the Mirror there were at least 174 documents on the stick and none of them were encypted or password protected. Airport authorities say that its security plans have been reviewed, and they were confident the airport was secure. Yeah, I guess someone knowing where all the CCTV cameras are, timetables of patrols and types of ID needed to enter restricted areas isn’t a big deal. This just goes to show, once again, that the insider threat is the biggest threat we have to face in cybersecurity.



Airport insiders revealed they were trying to determine if there had been an “incompetent data breach” or if someone had been accessing files intentionally. Police fear it may have been copied and circulated on the “dark web” – where terrorists and criminals buy information.

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